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Farmers in the Midwest are losing a lot of sleep these days.
A recent flare-up in the US-China trade war has them panicking that much of their crops may rot for a second year in a row. Some are even worried they may lose their farms if the international spat continues much longer.
We dont want to be collateral damage, Kevin Paap, a corn and soybean farmer in southern Minnesota, told me. If they dont reach a conclusion soon, its going to be really somber times.
After launching a two-year trade war with China, the Trump administration seemed close to reaching a deal with Beijing to reopen commerce between the worlds two largest economies. But earlier this month, those talks collapsed, and everything has gone downhill since then.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/farmers-are-losing-patience-with-trumps-trade-war/ar-AABv8iG
We'll see if that's more than talk come 2020.
Chin music
(23,068 posts)I thought? Farmers will continue to vote gop. Another farm bail-out is on the docket, isn't it? Hard to learn a lesson, if they never learn their lesson.
BigmanPigman
(51,770 posts)Ohiogal
(32,357 posts)that the farmers will grumble about this until the GOP starts on guns and abortion, then they will still pull the lever for Rs. Very accurate, I thought.
TheBlackAdder
(28,313 posts)Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)I do feel sorry for the farmers who didn't vote for Trump, and I know they're out there. The rest of them can go to hell. They didn't give a shit when Trump almost took our health care away or our reproductive rights.